Odd factoids

[Fonze]

Pepper X , hottest tested Chili pepper ..
Could say, red hot chilli pepper ..

 

[bruce1530]

The real name of Sgt “Pepper” Anderson, star of the 70’s TV series “Policewoman”, was Capsicum.

 

[Drago]

Chilli Peppers never used to be red hot. They used to be quite mild, but the band called themselves the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to be ironic, like calling a short guy Lofty.

The public started clamouring for chilli peppers that were red hot, and chilli breeders created strains to meed public demand.

 

[bruce1530]

The Gently Mild Chilli Peppers were a 70’s middle of the road band. While they originally recorded self-composed vocal harmony material, they only achieved commercial success once they started recording insipid cover versions of current chart hits for those “Top of the Pops” albums that you used to get in Woolworths.

 

[Drago]

The 70's were invented by Tony Blackburn in December 1969.

 

[classic33]

The real name of Sgt “Pepper” Anderson, star of the 70’s TV series “Policewoman”, was Capsicum.

Except for the pilot,
The pilot for the show aired on an episode of Police Story (1973) titled "The Gamble". However, Angie Dickinson's character's name in that episode was Lisa Beaumont, and Bert Convy played the role of her commanding officer. Convy was later replaced by Earl Holliman.

 

[bruce1530]

Angie Dickinson was married to both Bruce Dickinson, of Iron Maiden, and David Dickinson, the walnut-coloured antiques expert. She was also married to Burt Baccarach, and had affairs with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and John F Kennedy.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Benny Hill's real name was Ernie Hill, and he had a previous career as a milkman between the age of 23 and 27.

 

[bruce1530]

However, his claim to be “Fastest milkman in the west” was proven to be false when it was revealed that he lived in East Anglia

 

[Grant Fondo]

Paul Simon famously wrote 'Homeward Bound' at Widnes railway station in 1964. However, its not commonly known that 'Lovedrive' by the Scorpions, and 'Los Endos' by Genesis were also written there.

 

[bruce1530]

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel famously split up after the release of the “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album. They cited musical and personal differences as the reason behind the split-up, but in reality it was because Simon was becoming increasingly frustrated in his attempts to get Garfunkel to comb his hair before they went on telly.

 

[Drago]

Paul Simon was 6'4" tall. However, being a student of history and an ardent admirer of Napoleon, he insisted on being stood in a hole whenever a photo opportunity arose.

 

[classic33]

In 2008 it was reported that Paul Simon sued a musical clock company for using "Bridge Over Troubled Water" without permission. His lawyers claimed that Rhythm Watch Co Ltd and its subsidiary had used its tune on 40,000 clocks, making a profit of around $3.7 million.

 

[Drago]

Clocks were invented by Winston Churchill in WWII as a means of making each year longer, and thus condensing a 16 year long war into only 6. This saved millions of allied lives, although this has been offset over the decades by the number of cuckoo clock related suicides.

 

[raleighnut]

The Gently Mild Chilli Peppers were a 70’s middle of the road band. While they originally recorded self-composed vocal harmony material, they only achieved commercial success once they started recording insipid cover versions of current chart hits for those “Top of the Pops” albums that you used to get in Woolworths.

Actually a small balding fella played on most of those 'Top Pops' records, stand up Reginald Dwight,